Frame or mounting for pictures and calendars



Aug. 11, 1925.

M. HARVEY FRAME OR MOUNTING FOR PICTURES- AND CALENDARS Filed April 28, 1925 Patented Aug. 11, 1925.

UNITIIID.-` STATES ,PATENTA OFFICE.

MICHAEL HARVEY, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FRAME 0B MOUNTING FOR PICTURES AND CALENDARS.

Application le'd April 28, 1925. Serial 110.126,326.

holding pictures, cards, diplomas, calendars,l or a mount-for such articles which may be p Y heldpermanently in vor by the structure.

compact, economical y] "produced mount, holder, or frame for pictures, calendars, d1- plomas and other 'similar articles, which, 1n

rnadditic'n. lto its useful functions, y is also l.highly ornamentah'toprovlde ameans, for

'removably or permanently holding'such articles as defined in the foregoing, which lcan be built up quickly and with facility, and

the parts` of which can be carried in stock and combined by the purchaser, if desired;l to provide a structure suchas definedm the" foregoing with means whereby a picture or otherv .article may be .removably` heldlfor z transportation orfor permanent use, and

whichstructure may be coveredorsealed at gthe hack so faste? prevent the entrance of 351: thereby dust or and to protect the article held With sists 'in the "parts, features, elements and iandlclaimed. i

In order that my invention may be clearly' understood, i I have v provided drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a view showing, in front elevai tion, a structure embodying my invention in Referrin to the form of my invention v shown iii-Figures 1 and 2, thenumeral l 1neforegoing objects-in view-andv l fothersffwhich ,will be detailed during the L. 4course"offthisdescription, my invention conv 4'0". v i j combinations thereof hereinafter described dicates a foundation or backing of heavy material, which may be, if desired, in several layers instead of one, as will be readily understood. The numeral 2 indicates a second foundation or reinforcing material designed to give body and strength to the backmg or foundation. These two members may be of cardboard, compressed pulp, papier mch, paper board, or any other suitof my. inventiom The member 2 is slightly reduced in-thickness centrally so as to receive a picture,calendar, diploma or other similar article indicated at 3, the thickness ofwhich is equal to the depression or reduc I vvtion in'- thickness offthe -second foundation Among the objects of' my invention may*l benoted thev followinouto provide a simple,

member 2.. By' thusv treating the second portions 4are`left f of original thickness and the structure .thus produced prevents the backing, as also the facial members, to be descrlbed, from buckling or bending outwardly and thus rendering both or either the backing or facial members unsightly or uneven.

Mounted uponthe outlying thicker portions 4 of the member 2 is a sub-facial memberv 5 the center of which is removed, thus making o f the member 5 a surrounding border-like structure or mat for the picture or other article 3. v Mounted upon themember 5'is a facial-member 6, the same being of the, same structure as the member 5, but considerably less in width and mounted upon' the member 5 between its inner and outer edgesso as to. leave exposed portions of the member 5, both inside and outside of the edges of the facial member 6. By thus constructing the 4fr`ame,h' lder, or mount, the same may be made highly ornamental, since the facial member 6 may be made of material in color and character markedl in contrast with the color and character o the subfacial member 5. Furthermore, the structure, as thus produced, provides a surrounding raised framing for the picture, calendar or other artlcle, which, in a measure, protects the latter when a number -of the holders or frames are packed for transportation.

The members 1, 2,- 5 and 6 are all secured together by glue or other suitable adhesive substance, so as to make of them a solid,

fairly rigid Structure; and the mounted article 3 is appliedduring the process of build` ing up the holder or frame and may, be

either glued to or looselylaid -upon the mem- 65 able light materialadapted for the purposes A 5 can be lifted as a unit. from the foundation members by vmerelyinserting a thinblade,

such as a paper cutter, under the member .5,

and, stripping the one from the other. Then the article i3 can bel removed, another substituted, and the members 5 and 6, as a.

junit, replaced and glued toA the 4foundation me'mbe In the form of invention shown in Figures 3 'and 4, the vfacial and sub-facial members are, or may be, the same asin Figures 1 and 2. The foundation member, how` ever, is composed of a single piece ofr substantial material 7 with its center removed so as to provide 'an opening of larger d1- mensions Ythan the opening in the sub-facial member 5. This produces a receptacle in which a icture, calendar,` diploma', etc., 3 may be Faced to rest against the inner portionof t e sub-facial member 5. The foundation 7 has applied to its back a sheet of light material 8, such as a hea manila or similar strong paper, the same` eing glued to the foundation 7 around its bottom and side edges, but left vfree at its top edge so as to provide a slit 9 through which the article 3 maybe inserted into the receptacle formed between the sub-facial member 5 and the backing 9. To prevent'dust or dirt from entering the slit 9, a iap l10 is provided at the top of the backing 8 and secured to the foundation 7 so as to fold over upon the backing'S.' This flap 10 may be sealed, if desired, against the backingv 8 vin manner .similar to an envelope. Thus the article 3 o may be inserted in the` receptacle -of the holder and temporarily securely held, in` pllzlilce, kept clean and otherwise protected. 's structureenables the holder to *be used both as a frame or ornament, an advertising medium, for display purposes, and also as a medium for transporting flat articles-without bending or breaking. To enable the -holder to be hung up for use or as an/ ornament, the vfoundation 7, at its top iscut away in at- 11 for the reception of 'a loop 12, which loop is'held by a tape13 inserted between 1 oundation, .said unit -members bein the 5 'and foundation 7,7and in ldepression Ain 'the latter belowthe .open' 4 11. This structure enablestliejhangerucigV :loop `12` to be manipulated easily, for the Pur ena les the hanger to be housed so as not to Vrotrude vbeyond the back surface of the oundation 7 Hence, in stacking a number of the holders for transportation purposes,

the hangers are not an impediment.-

Having thus described my invention, what "of hanging 'the holder, and also I claim and desire to by Letters Pat-` ent is:

fr 144A holderffor useful or ornamental arti'- clesjconssting of a foundation of substan a tial `xfnaterial Iproviding a receptacle, and

'facial and `sub-facial members securedv to ether and mounted as a unit upon the ouudation, said unit members being cut .away centrally, and the facial member being narrower than thev sub-facial member and applied to the latter centrally thereof so as to-expose margins of the sub-facial member around both edges ofthe facial member.

2. In combination with a foundation, facial and sub-facial members mounted as a unit upon the foundation, the unit members and foundation bein cut away centrally, and the foundation having a backing applied thereto to close the opening therein, said backing being secured to the foundation around three edges, and an unsecured edge providing a slit through which anarticle'may beinserted, and a ila ap liedl to the foundation for covering t e s t, substantially as described. A

3. A holder for useful or ornamental articles consisting of afoundation of substantial material providinga receptacle,- and facial and sub-facial members securedr htogather and mounted as a unit u n the away centrally, and the facial member i narrower than the sub-facial member an applied to the latter centrally thereof so as to expose mar -ns of the sub-facial member around both e es of the facial member, and means carried the holder may suspended. 4

MICHAEL HAnvEY.

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